Journal abbreviation: BMC evolutionary biology

The abbreviation of the journal title "BMC evolutionary biology" is "BMC Evol. Biol.". It is the recommended abbreviation to be used for abstracting, indexing and referencing purposes and meets all criteria of the ISO 4 standard for abbreviating names of scientific journals.

Abbreviation rules

The table below outlines in detail the ISO 4 rules and matches to the ISSN maintained list of title word abbreviations (TWA) to derive the abbreviation.

TitleAbbreviationWord/Stem/Rule
BMCBMCRule 4.4: Acronyms shall be retained in the abbreviated title.
evolutionaryEvol.matches the stem "evolut-"
biologyBiol.matches the stem "biolog-"

Abbreviation systems

In academic research, the ISO 4 abbreviation is a standardized system devised by the International Organization for Standardization for the purpose of abbreviating journal titles consistently. This facilitates ease of reference and improved communication within the research community.

Journal title abbreviations include ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for a wide range of subjects, NLM (National Library of Medicine) for biomedical and life sciences, and CASSI (CAS Source Index) for chemistry and related fields.

About the journal

Full journal titleBMC evolutionary biology
AbbreviationBMC Evol. Biol.
ISSN (print)NA
ISSN (online)1471-2148
NLM catalog100966975

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